Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-12-25
A PRIZE FIGHT.
An Interesting Singing Match on the Island
Yesterday Afternoon,
TWO ETEAYILLB HEE.
One Of the Contestants Rather Badly Done Ul
in the Brief Encounter.
HOW The TROUBLE ORIGINATED.

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Etnaville, Friday niaht, while pleasant
enough event in the early part Of the
evening, assumed ONE of the Characters
tics of a Donnybrook Fair along towards
morning. Misunderstanding among the
gentlemen present were frequent, and as
these little difficulties invariably ended in
blows, heads were bunged up and coun-
tenauces SCARED with the most reckless
abandon. AS an aftermath a brief but
very interesting little mill, modelled after
the events of the prize ring, came off on
the upper end Of the Island, about two
o'clock yesterday afternoon, the object OF
the contestants being to ascertain which
was the better of the two in point Of en-
durance and wind.
The contestants in the fight OF the
Island we're Thomas Kyne and Frank Eos
ter. and the encounter was the direct out
growth OF the beer imbibed during the
progress OF the ball above referred to.
After the merry dance had had full sway
for several hours a disposition on the
mart OF kyne and Frank Fsrrell To make
trouble began 10 manifest itself, and
after each had shot of his chin
to a great extent they came 70
blows. Friends tried to separate them,
and in doing 40 got into a row themselves,
aud soon the whole hall was in a commo-
ton and was as lively as the interior OF a
beehive. In the midst OF the racket OIL
Ger Miller, of the Bridgeport police force,
got kyne in n corner and after a hard
struggle succeeded in mastering him, and
then turning his attention to the Others,
succeeded III restoring a comparative de-
gree of quiet. This ended the
affair for the time, but there
was blood in several eyes, and the
possessOrs of those eyes seemed unable to
rest till the blood was punched out. The
melee was started again and Officer Miller
placed Thomas Kyne under arrest, but
being unable to keep him in charge he
pulled his gun and called on Dave Foster
to assist him. Foster proved a worthy
assistant, and the prisoner was soon hus-
tied out of the hall. Ado Kyne. a brother
of Thomas, started 10 leave the hall and
received several blows on the head with a
billy" while going down stairs. Several
Others were more or less used up while the
fight lasted. Harry Smith also created a
little disturbance by administering "a
humping TO John Schell, in return for
Schell having threatened to shoot Smith
some weeks before.
Yesterday Smith was fined 81 and costs,
George Halter $50 and costs for carrying
concealed weapons; Mike Harry, 81 and
costs; Thomas Kyne, s. and costs; Harry
Taylor, S. and costs; Frank Ferrell, 80 and
costs, and Ado Kyne, $40 and costs for OBJ
structing an officer in the discharge of his
duty.
As an outcome Of the fracas, Thomas
Kgne carried a breastful of enmity to-
wards Dave Foster, for assisting the officer
to arrest him, and did not forget to tell
Foster oft, They arranged to cross the
Back" river on the ice and fight to a fin
ish on the upper point of the Island. They
were accompanied by several friends who
were to see fair play and allow no imprOp-
er advantage to be taken by either man.
No ring was formed, and the men went at
it in their shirt sleeves.
Foster led off with a right handler on
Kyne's left optic, and followed up the
lead with three others in the same place
after lodging three blows from Kyne
They then cllnched and kyne threw Eos
ter heavily, at the same time catching a
good tooth hold on Fosters wrist. Foster
got his thumb into Kyne's left eye and
about gouged it out, while Kyne chcwed
on Fosters wrist.
Foster called out to Kyne: go on,
lobe, and take that piece off. and Kyne,
thinking he had expressed himself as be-
ing no pig, and that he had had enough,
got off and allowed him to rise. After
they got up this error was corrected and
both men expressed a willingness to 90 at
it again, but were prevented from so doing.
Neither man is very badly hurt, and both
will recover if proper restoratives are ap-
piled in not too large quantities.
While the fight was going on, word was
telephoned to police headquarters in this
city, and the officers on the day force were
told to look out for the contestants. They
did not succeed in finding them, however,
the party making its way back to the Ohio
side of the river.